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Zac George, the founder of luxury travel concierge Jetpax found his passion for flying at a young age. At just 15 years old, he started airline news and travel blog Points From The Pacific and since then has clocked up countless air miles, travelling over 290,000 kilometres in the sky in 2017 alone.
With private jet travel gaining popularity among wealthy Australians and business travellers alike, I spoke to Zac about the state of the market, the perks of private jet travel and airline loyalty programs.
According to the Jetpax founder, private jet travel is booming as the commercial aviation industry is ripe for disruption. In the post-covid travel recovery era, commercial airline travellers are facing constant disruption, delays, cancellations and lost baggage due to a lack of staff and other factors. Those travellers seeking more efficient and customer-minded service are moving to private jet travel in droves.
Corporate travel offers passengers a lot more flexibility and maximises efficiency for those travellers for whom time is money. Think of all the time you spend in queues, boarding and baggage handling when flying with commercial airlines; all that time wasted when you could be working on a proposal, conducting meetings or spending time with your loved ones.
While COVID-19 brought its fair share of challenges, it did highlight the value of time to many people.
A usual trip from Brisbane to Sydney could take anywhere up to three hours; if you’re flying corporate that can be come down to 1-1.5 hours. So, for big businesses, people with kids that are time conscious and people that want to experience travel efficiently and effortlessly, corporate travel is a huge factor for them.
“Doctors are travelling corporate more than ever now because they are really conscious of their time,” Zac noted.
Although empty legs don’t have as much flexibility and provide limited catering options, demand is still growing. As people are switching to corporate travel this means the request for chartered jets is increasing; which for opportunistic travellers means huge savings for empty leg flights.
Because empty legs are essentially a repositioning flight for charter bookings, at peak time, Zac says you could see up to 20 flights a week.
In terms of value for money, if you have a group of guests travelling with you, the cost of an empty leg is commonly cheaper than a business class seat and in some cases, less than flexible economy when breaking down the cost to per person.
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